Report: Carlos Zambrano Could Become Target of Yankees

by Josh Alper

Filed under: Cubs, Yankees, MLB Rumors, MLB Hot Stove

Anyone eager to see the Cubs of the mid-2000s back together again could find themselves heading to the Bronx next summer.

The Yankees just signed Mark Prior to a minor-league deal, Larry Rothschild is their new pitching coach, they are thought to be interested in re-signing Kerry Wood as a reliever and now comes a report that Carlos Zambrano is on their list of backup rotation options after losing out on Cliff Lee. Anyone know what happened to that Sammy Sosa fella?

Bill Madden of the New York Daily News writes that the team will "likely target" Zambrano in a trade. Big Z is coming off a rocky year with the Cubbies. He got pounded to the tune of a 5.66 ERA in a first half of the season that saw him yanked from the rotation, but rebounded with a terrific final 14 appearances after some time off for anger management classes.

 

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